North Atlantic Conference

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Data
Classification NCAA Division III
Established 1997
Members 16 (full) 5 (associate)
National
championships
none
Sports fielded 13 (7 men's, 6 women's)
Region Northeastern United States
States 3 - Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont
Headquarters Whitingham, Vermont
Locations

The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) is an athletic conference consisting primarily of small liberal arts colleges throughout the New England states of Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts.

The conference was founded in 1997 when six colleges agreed to form the North Atlantic Women's Conference. It changed to its current name in the fall of 1999. It currently sponsors a total of 15 men's and women's sports played by teams of the 13 institutions therein.

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[edit] Current members

Full member institutions include:

Institution Location Nickname Founded Affiliation Enrollment
Bay Path College Longmeadow, Massachusetts Wildcats 1897 Private 1,400 [1]
Becker College Worcester, Massachusetts
Leicester, Massachusetts
Hawks 1784 Public 1,500 [2]
Castleton State College Castleton, Vermont Spartans 1787 Public 2,000
Elms College Chicopee, Massachusetts Blazers 1899 Private/Catholic 1,118 [3]
Husson College Bangor, Maine Eagles 1798 Private 2,000 [4]
Johnson State College Johnson, Vermont Badgers 1881 Public/State-supported 1,759 [5]
Lasell College[1] Newton, Massachusetts Lasers 1851 Private 1,200 [6]
Lesley University Cambridge, Massachusetts Lynx 1909 Private 1,702 [7]
University of Maine at Farmington Farmington, Maine Beavers 1863 Public 2,000
Maine Maritime Academy Castine, Maine Mariners 1941 Public 850 [8]
Mount Ida College[1] Newton, Massachusetts 1899 Private/Catholic 1,300
Thomas College Waterville, Maine Terriers 1894 Public/Non-sectarian 1,000 [9]
Wheelock College Boston, Massachusetts Wildcats 1888 Private 1,028 [10]

[edit] Associate members

[edit] Past members

[edit] Championships

The NAC holds championships in the following sports:

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Will join the Great Northeast Athletic Conference starting in 2007-2008. Raposo, Mike. "Mount Ida College Joins Great Northeast Athletic Conference", 2006-06-05. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.

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